KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 — Malaysians have been hit with yet another data breach. This time involving a banking institution, multimedia and broadcast agency and a government electoral agency where millions of personal information were said to have been sold online.
In the latest allegation, the leaked databases contain the full names of some 13 million voters sourced from the Election Commission (EC) and customers of Maybank and Astro Malaysia as well as their MyKad numbers, addresses and mobile numbers.
Such incidents have become increasingly rampant in the last two years.
Here Malay Mail lists some of the major data breaches that have happened in 2021 that continues to test the fragility of the nation’s cybersecurity even as the nation seeks to embrace 5G broadband network.
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December 30 – Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil has put two agencies on the tail of the latest data leak allegation involving some 13 million account holders from Malaysia’s largest bank Maybank, the EC and satellite broadcaster Astro.
The stolen information was posted on a popular online database marketplace where the seller asked interested parties to message them directly through Telegram or use the forum’s direct messaging features to complete the sale.
Lowyat.net reported that a separate listing also existed on the same day where the seller said they had personal database of internet provider Unifi’s mobile customers. The seller was asking for US$850 (RM3,752) for the…
